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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: Sean Lyon <sean07lyon@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: seanlyon07@excite.com
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:45:53 +0100
Subject: A MUST READ INFORMATION (URGENT & IMPORTANT)
Hello, My name is Sean Lyon. I am an artist, I live in the Republic of
Ireland, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life.
It is definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a
small child. That gives me about 23 years of experience. I majored in
art in high school and took a few college art courses. Most of my work
is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with colour pencils. I have
recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer, and have
had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.
I have been selling my art products for past 3 years, both locally and
internationally, but I find it difficult getting paid by my clients in
the US, as most of them has the only option of paying me either by
money
orders or checks, of which I am not based in the US and hence it is
impossible for me to cash out the checks or money orders as the cost of
flying down to the states to receive such payments is very expensive,
so
for me not to loose my clients in the US, I have decided to strategize
a
plan by employing someone in the North America who will be working as
my
representative, and hence receive payments on my behalf, I mean someone
that is honest, transparent, responsible and reliable. And hence, I
will
be willing to pay 10% for every transaction.
Anyway, I am working on setting up a little Gallery in the US, so for
now I need a representative who will be handling the payment aspect,
then along the line if I find you possessing the above characters, I
could make you my manager once my Gallery is up the Dallas, Texas.
Like I said earlier, these payments will be coming to you in form of
money orders and checks. Hence, once you are fully employed, then the
checks and money order would come in your name, as I will introduce you
to my US customers and hence they will be making payment to me through
you, so your job is just to cash out the money orders or checks, deduct
your wage which is 10% from each payment and wire the balance via bank
account, western union or moneygram to me.
Now, for such magnitude of business, the problem I have is trust, but I
have my way of getting anyone that gets away with our money, I mean the
FBI branch in Washington will be involved. But if you tend to possess
the right characters I require of you, then I can assure you more
goodies.
Meanwhile, please bear it in mind that this job won't cost you
anything,
instead you will get paid, as you are just to receive payments which
will be sent to you by FedEx or UPS from my customers, which would come
in form of a money order or check like I said, then you are to cash it,
deduct your wage which is 10% from each payment you receive and send
the
balanced to me via bank account, western union money transfer or
moneygram money transfer, all transfer fees should be deducted from my
own share (90%) of the money after your remove your 10%.
If this job offer is ok by you, then write and let me know you are
interested, and then I will advise you what next to do.
Please get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can enlighten you
on how to proceed.
Compliments!!
Sean Lyon
N/B Endevour to contact me using my private address
(seanlyon7@yahoo.ie)
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